New MILC Research Commentary: Human milk composition and infant anthropometrics

Credit: International Breastfeeding Journal

​MILC Director Dr. Meghan Azad, together with former MILC postdocs Dr. Sarah Reyes and Dr. Merilee Brockway, published Human milk composition and infant anthropometrics: overview of a systemic review with clinical and research implications in the International Breastfeeding Journal. In this overview of a large systematic review undertaken by the International Milk Composition (IMiC) Consortium, the authors emphasize the limited quality of evidence on the relationship between human milk composition and infant growth. They recommend future research should engage in more accurate data collection using standardized collection strategies, use assays that are validated for human milk, and consider approaches that approach human milk as a biological system rather than discrete individual components. (edited) ​